B61B 12/12
Cable grippers
Official title: Cable grippers; Haulage clips
B61B12/12 (Cable grippers) appears on 90 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61B- Granted patents
- 90
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 94
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cable transportation installation with improved safety, method for detecting an event on a cable and method for manufacturing one such installation11 Aug 2026US 12,703,404 B2Poma
- Hybrid cable/rail transportation system2 Dec 2025US 12,485,934 B2Leitner S.P.A.
- Pool cover hinged sliding assembly8 Jul 2025US 12,352,069 B2Latham Pool Products, Inc.
- Portable line ascending device for sliding or roller sports27 May 2025US 12,311,251 B2
- Ropeway self-propelled transporting equipment13 May 2025US 12,296,865 B2
- Pool cover hinged sliding assembly2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305311 A1Latham Pool Products, Inc.
- Transport facility2 Jan 2025US 2025/0002058 A1
- Pool cover hinged sliding assembly18 Jul 2024US 2024/0240478 A1Latham Pool Products, Inc.
- Circular cableway20 Jun 2024US 2024/0199091 A1Innova Patent GmbH
- Portable line ascending device for sliding or roller sports13 Oct 2022US 2022/0323850 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Funicular system of rail and running cable type21US 5,595,122 ALeitner S.P.A. · 1997
- Double-acting clamp for coupling a funicular vehicle to the running cable19US 5,582,109 ALeitner S.P.A. · 1996
- Transport installation with triple grip for coupling the vehicles to haulage cables17US 4,092,929 APoma 2000 S.A. · 1978
- Continuously moving cable traction haulage system with vehicles equipped with disengageable coupling clamps17US 6,543,366 B2High Technology Investments B.V. · 2003
- Cable connection with slack cable-brake release for an aerial cableway16US 3,934,517 A1976